Dan Hampton

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dan Hampton flew 151 combat missions during his twenty years (1986-2006) in the United States Air Force. For his actions during the Iraq War, Kosovo conflict, and the first Gulf War, Col. Hampton received four Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor, a Purple Heart, eight Air Medals with Valor, and numerous other decorations. An alumnus of Exeter College, Oxford, he also holds degrees from Dartmouth and Texas A&M, and is a graduate of the elite USAF Fighter Weapons...See more

Lieutenant Colonel (Ret.) Dan Hampton flew 151 combat missions during his twenty years (1986-2006) in the United States Air Force. For his actions during the Iraq War, Kosovo conflict, and the first Gulf War, Col. Hampton received four Distinguished Flying Crosses with Valor, a Purple Heart, eight Air Medals with Valor, and numerous other decorations. An alumnus of Exeter College, Oxford, he also holds degrees from Dartmouth and Texas A&M, and is a graduate of the elite USAF Fighter Weapons School. As a frequent guest on CNN, Fox News, and MSNBC, he discusses foreign affairs and geopolitics, and has also appeared as an analyst on Bill O'Reilly, Hannity, Tucker Carlson and Anderson Cooper360. He is the nationally bestselling author of Viper Pilot, Lords of the Sky, The Hunter Killers, The Flight, Chasing the Demon, Vengeance, Valor, and a novel , The Mercenary. See less